>1) If several people are in your group, it doesn't make sense that >some can understand what you're saying, and others cannot. IC, you >all speak the same language. It's the same reason why those >irritating scripts that translate speech into "dark-elf" or >whatever make no sense IC.

IC in Thera there is clearly more then one language ie yells from blademasters gloves so it does make perfect IC sence that you know some language someone may be dont. (just IMHO)

>2) If you aren't in contact with these other people OOC, how do you know who to speak Russian to?

if you see someone with clearly russian name or is you see warcry in russian then it would tell something to you would not it?